Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.
CHARLES DE GAULLEThe perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Whatever happens, the flame of the French resistance must not be extinguished and will not be extinguished. Tomorrow, as today, I will speak on Radio London.
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Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
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Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
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When I am right, I get angry. Churchill gets angry when he is wrong. We are angry at each other much of the time.
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France has lost the battle but she has not lost the war.
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No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.
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Old age is a shipwreck.
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A true leader always keeps an element of surprise up his sleeve, which others cannot grasp but which keeps his public excited and breathless.
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The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.
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Gentlemen, I am ready for the questions to my answers.
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He who laughs last didn’t get the joke.
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Betting against gold is the same as betting on governments. He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history.
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A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
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It’s impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
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For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
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Men are of no importance. What counts is who commands.
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Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
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The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.
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Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents.
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In the tumult of men and events, solitude was my temptation; now it is my friend. What other satisfaction can be sought once you have confronted History?
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In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
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I am a man who belongs to no-one and who belongs to everyone.
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I wouldn’t mind dying for France, but not for Air France.
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The future does not belong to men.
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Love is the strongest force the world possesses, and yet it is the Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.
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Victory often goes to the army that makes the least mistakes, not the most brilliant plans.
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